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...football fan who doesn't call a spade a concave instrument for delving or flensing whale blubber knows that the New York Giants and Jets are sleep-walking through the NFL season and show little sign of regaining consciousness...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: EI Sid | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

...Bears have been a perennial NFL loser since 1967, the last year they were coached by founding father George Halas--and the last time they enjoyed a winning season...

Author: By David Black, | Title: Jiggetts '76 Makes It As a Bear | 8/17/1976 | See Source »

...Super Bowl in Florida will be the natural conclusion for a sunny NFL. season. Despite, or perhaps because of, the collapse of the rival World Football League, the N.F.L. this fall registering a jump in attendance (averaging 56,000 per game) and an increase in TV ratings. And why not? Some 40% of the games are being won by 7 points or less, not to mention a rash of sudden-death thrillers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HALF A TON OF TROUBLE | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

...kicked footballs with his toe then, but now his employers, the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL, want him to kick with his instep, soccer style. They figure he will be a better kicker that way. They also figure that this is the time to teach him new tricks: McInally broke his leg and fractured his ankle in the College All-- Star Game last August, and has sat out the season thus...

Author: By Scott A. Kaufer, | Title: McInally, Bengal in Limbo, Quietly Returns to Harvard | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...even if he is ready to play next year (he almost certainly won't play this year), McInally faces stiff competition from excellent Bengal ends, with more on the way, probably, after this year's draft. But he still thinks he has a future in the NFL-- kicking...

Author: By Scott A. Kaufer, | Title: McInally, Bengal in Limbo, Quietly Returns to Harvard | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

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